I gave up on Kumpi. But I still use Zukes training treats. They are made by Crosswind. If you listen to Evelyn Serpa, it is Crosswind that does all the testing on the foods, and they seemed to be consistent in quality from bag to bag. But I just could not justify $50/bag for corn meal, and some of my girls remained rather skinny on it.

I went to 4-Health, and after a few bags, the old Diamond inconsistency and then the recall. Now my girls are losing weight again. Uhg. I switched to Diamond Naturals, Adult and Extreme Athlete in hopes that the higher calorie, higher protein, higher fat would help. Now I am trying to give it a chance to do the job. The price is right, but it may not be.

If this does not work, I think I am going to switch to Pro-plan and give that a try.

I noticed Nature's Logic is listed twice, I've emailed to find out which it is.

If it's Crosswind I'm going to fall out of my chair laughing, you can't get two more different foods!!

I heard from NL and they have contacted Susan and the page has been updated to the new information which is:

Quote:

Good morning, Barb;

I work with Scott Freeman at Nature’s Logic and he shared your recent emails regarding our manufacturing partners. As Scott indicated, Nature’s Logic has been working with Mid-American to produce our dry kibble formulas since March of 2011. I have contacted Susan Thixton at Truth About Pet Food and she tells me she has already updated the information in her blog post from yesterday and on her Petsumer Reports. Thanks for bringing this to our attention so we could correct it.

I did go back to the link and the site has been updated now.I got a lot of links to info provided by NL - I'll post them in another thread for anyone that might be interested

I have no idea whether this factory (and others) is any better or safer than Diamond (or Menu of infamous past). To find out, maybe find USDA inspection records? At least it's manufactured in the US, but the ingredients? And hygiene?

From Wellness:"We are no longer having any products produced at Diamond. We have spent the last 2 years expanding production at our Mishawaka, Indiana facility to bring the majority of our production into our own WellPet facilities.

"In April, Diamond Pet Foods did stop producing the 4 foods that they had been making for us; in mid-August they resumed production of those four foods which include Hund n Flocken and our three bison products (WolfCub, WolfKing and Just a Wee Bit) at their Meta, MO facility.

My guess is it's the ingredients and processing. Some poorer quality dog foods will actually add coloring to look appealing to the owners.

Veggies can change it to some degree, but I don't know how much if the food is processed, and some foods just pay lip service to that stuff in processed foods. When I add a salad mix to my dog's homemade food, it's pretty green in color, which is different than when I add beets or carrots.